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Farmworkers may be considered “essential,” but the undocumented workers who pick the nation’s food are excluded from the CARES Act.
As uncertainties and conflicting data swirl around COVID-19, a few truths about the poor bear repeating.
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An eviction ban failed by a single vote when two council members recused themselves because of what they said were conflicts of interest.
Restaurant workers at a Los Angeles eatery were looking forward to the high season of tips and extra hours. Then came the pandemic.
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Supermarket and pharmacy employees are “essential workers” who are still on the job. The say they need more COVID-19 protections.
The president of the Economic Policy Institute discusses the COVID-19 financial tailspin and attempts by lawmakers to mitigate the damage.
L.A.’s City Council will vote on a far-reaching aid package for workers and renters. Business groups are fighting the plan.
Even as Californians are ordered to shelter in place, renters face the prospect of homelessness.
Frontline nurses claim that a lack of both N95 masks and coronavirus testing is putting hospital populations at risk.
The economist says Republicans must stop pushing for a corporate slush fund in order to pass the emergency stimulus bill.
After a week of private negotiations, the state is no closer to filling empty hotel rooms with at-risk homeless people.
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What health crisis? In the face of a public outcry, the Big Island’s mayor prefers to stick to business as usual.
The mishandling of COVID-19 has unfolded just as the response to global warming has — only at a faster clip.
Officials accuse the president of stoking xenophobia and violence against Asian-Americans.
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Facing a health crisis, California legislators call for a moratorium on evictions, utility shutoffs and foreclosures.
LAUSD will begin a new program Wednesday to keep district students fed during the closure of schools due to the coronavirus.
Today veteran journalist Mark Kreidler begins a new weekly column covering the coronavirus and its social impacts.
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What is the connection between a lack of commitment to collective well-being and social disaster in a time of crisis?
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Many ex-felons are now able to vote again, thanks to a 2018 amendment to the state constitution.
So many billionaires, but Florida struggles to take care of those at the bottom.